Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Cadwallader MORRIS
Morris, Cadwallader (Apr. 19, 1741 o.s. - Jan. 25, 1795), merchant, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., the son of Samuel and Hannah (Cadwalader) Morris and a descendant of Anthony Morris, 1654-1721 [q.v.]. His father was a prominent lawyer. He attended a private school in Philadelphia and then joined his brother, Samuel C. Morris, in the importing business. He was the firm's representative in the West Indies for several years and lived for some time in Kingston, Jamaica, and elsewhere in the Islands. He was strongly sympathetic toward the cause of the colonists and took a prominent part in the Revolutionary War as a member of the 1st Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry, commanded by his cousin, Capt. Samuel Morris. He was a signer of the paper bills of credit issued by order of the Pennsylvania Assembly on Mar. 21, 1772, and Apr. 7, 1781. When the Pennsylvania Bank was organized on June 8, 1780, for the purpose of supplying and transporting food to the army, he aided in its establishment by a subscription of $2,500 to its capital and for a time served as one of its inspectors. He was also one of the founders and a director (1781-87) of the Bank of North America. In 1783-84 he was a delegate from Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress and was elected for another term but declined to serve. In 1788 he moved to Birdsboro, Berks County, Pa., where, with some other Philadelphia capitalists, he had purchased two iron forges. In 1790, however, he sold his interests in this venture and returned to Philadelphia where he again engaged in the importing business. He was a member of the Democratic Society of Philadelphia which was organized as an act of good will toward the French Revolution. He died in Philadelphia. He had married, on Apr. 8, 1779, Ann Strettell, by whom he had five children.
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